But even if millions will lose their insurance many will gain access. Oh, they won’t be able to afford insurance. But if they win the lottery they will.

Remember when the GOP was outraged over ‘ram through?’ Ezra Klein:

“Little in politics shocks me. The process House Republicans want to use for their health care bill does. After literally years of complaining Obamacare was jammed down the American people’s throats with insufficient information or consideration, the GOP intends to hold committee votes on their bill two days after releasing it, and without a Congressional Budget Office report estimating either coverage or fiscal effects. It’s breathtaking.”

“If Republicans believed the American people — or even their own legislators — would like the results of a thorough estimate of their proposal’s effects, they would have waited for one. We’ll get a CBO report anyway, of course. My guess is it will say this: The GOP plan will lead to significant declines in coverage (Loren Adler estimates an eye-popping 15 to 20 million people will lose insurance) as well as accelerating the exhaustion of the Medicare trust fund due to the tax cuts. After years of Republicans complaining that co-pays and deductibles were too high in Obamacare, co-pays and deductibles will be significantly higher under their replacement. The plan will significantly reduce taxes on the rich.”

The beauty of it is the conservatives don’t want it to increase the deficit. They’re already mobilizing against it.

“Powerful conservative groups line up against House GOP health plan.”

“Heritage calls it ‘bad policy.’ FreedomWorks pans it as ‘Obamacare-lite.’ And the Club for Growth called it a ‘warmed-over substitute for government-run health care.’

“As the conservative backlash piled up, little help emerged from the White House, beyond a flurry of tweets from President Donald Trump and a letter from Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price blessing the bill.”

“During the afternoon, however, Price offered less than a full-throated endorsement, calling the bill a “work in progress.”

“With both the 2010 Affordable Care Act legislation and the much-thinner House GOP bill on a table beside him during a briefing with reporters at the White House, Price was asked whether the Trump administration supported the new healthcare proposal as rolled out on Monday. Price declined to offer the White House’s full support, telling reporters that “This is a work in progress and we’ll work with the house and the senate. It’s a legislative process that occurs.”

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Mike Sax

Congressional Candidate

I'm Mike Sax and I'm a first time Congressional candidate for the NY 2nd Congressional District. Like many Americans after the November 8, 2016-a day that truly will live in infamy-I have decided to put my hat into the ring for the first time.